MK Tali Gottlieb's Shifting Stance on Israel's Nation-State Law
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS by baba
Member of Knesset Tali Gottlieb has reversed her stance on Israel's controversial Nation-State Law, which passed in 2018. Previously, Gottlieb criticized the law as divisive, but now argues that opposing it means opposing the existence of a Jewish state. She stated that repealing the law would mean losing the unique Jewish right to self-determination in Israel.
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- MK Tali Gottlieb now supports Israel's Nation-State Law after previously opposing it.
- Gottlieb stated that opposing the Nation-State Law means opposing the existence of a Jewish state.
- She argued that the law ensures the unique Jewish right to self-determination in Israel.
- The Nation-State Law was passed in its final readings in the summer of 2018.
- Gottlieb's shift in position occurred after she joined the Otzma Yehudit party.
Member of Knesset Tali Gottlieb, now representing the Likud party, has expressed a significantly different view on Israel's Nation-State Law compared to her past statements. The law, which passed its final readings in the summer of 2018 and sparked considerable controversy, was spearheaded by the Likud party. Four years prior to entering the Knesset, Gottlieb voiced opposition to the law in a public relations interview. At that time, she stated the law "merely causes agitation and renews nothing" and declared she "would not have legislated the Nation-State Law."
However, approximately eight years later, and after transitioning from Likud to the Otzma Yehudit party, Gottlieb's perspective has changed. She told i24NEWS correspondent Avishai Greenzaig that "whoever opposes the Nation-State Law opposes the existence of the Jewish state in the Land of Israel and our ancestral homeland."
Gottlieb explained that opponents of the law do not understand the implications of its potential repeal. "We would essentially lose the unique right that Jews have for self-determination in the State of Israel," she elaborated. She further clarified that while the law establishes Israel as a state of equal rights for all its citizens, the right to self-determination belongs "only to Jews, because without the Jewish state, Jews have no existence."
According to Gottlieb, those who oppose this principle are unaware of the consequences for the existence of the state of the Jewish people. The article notes that the Nation-State Law was approved in its second and third readings in the summer of 2018.